Bucharest ruins
Ahsoka wouldn't wait very long to encounter her first foes. As she entered the limits of the burning city, a group of Skeleton Apes slowly lurched towards her.
"You guys don't look so tough ! Come at me !" She rushed towards her adversaries and cracked the Vampire Killer in their direction. With a single blow, each Skeleton Ape crumbled in flames.
"Gee... I was hoping for a challenge. If everything I'm gonna face goes down as quickly as these, this so-called quest will be done in no time !" She advanced further into the ruins.
Before climbing a flight a stairs, a Skeleton Ape stood on the above ledge and threw a wooden barrel towards her. She back flipped to avoid contact and quickly destroyed the barrel with her whip. She then quickly ran up the flight of stairs and quickly dispatched the enemy standing in her way.
She then took another flight of stairs and arrived on a street with no enemies in sight. But she only took a couple of steps and looked at the windows above her. She quickly used her passive echolocation ability possessed by her montrals. It confirmed that there was danger present. "There's something lurking behind those windows. If I keep advancing, they'll probably try to get the jump on me. My montrals never lie."
Ahsoka took a few more steps, this caused a Skeleton Ape to crash down from a window in front of her while another leapt out from the window behind. "An ambush ! I knew it !" She quickly dealt with the two and advanced onto yet another Skeleton Ape carrying a barrel on its back. But Ahsoka was quicker to react this time, she managed to strike down the enemy before it had a chance to throw its weapon.
She got distracted and didn't see the last of the Skeleton Apes and it managed to hit her with the barrel. "Ouch ! Oh, you're going down for that, sleemo !" With a crack of the Vampire Killer, the enemy quickly fell to flaming pieces. She searched her pockets. "Oh poodoo ! I thought I had brought some bacta patches along. On the other hand, it's just a scratch. It will heal in time."
She advanced further onto the road and was met with a new type of enemy. Crashing out of a window, a skeleton, wielding two curved daggers, faced her. This was the Blade Master. Likely the first of many. It charged her and tried to gut her with a upward stab. She back flipped out of harm's way. To her surprise, her adversary leapt above and behind her, trying to stab her in the back. She quickly turned around and used the whip. The Blade Master then exploded into flame.
She found some stairs going down, with no other path to take, she descended the flight of stairs. As she stopped on the last step, her sense of smell caught something. "Huh ? I smell roasted meat... Where is it ?" She looked around and she found nothing. "Hmm... maybe I could break a part of that wall with the whip ? It's worth a try." With a few strikes, the stone crumbled, lo and behold, a tender piece of roasted meat laid in plain sight. "There's no telling when I'll have another chance to partake in food, so I better make the best of it." She quickly devoured the meat, leaving only a bone, which she tossed into a small stream at the bottom of more stairs.
"So, there's a door right in front of me, but my montrals are telling me that there is something beyond that wall behind me. Oh, I'll just backtrack after I clear my way through this current path." She went through the door and found herself on a street with larger buildings, burning around her.
She didn't get very far before something unexpectedly smacked her in the face ! "HEY ! What in the world ?!" She had just made her first contact with a small bat. It stuck to her lekku and tried to bite them. "AHHH ! GET OFF ! GET OFF ! GET OFF !" She waved her arms like an idiot until she finally slapped it off of her. As the bat laid on the street, dazed by the blow, she quickly raised the Vampire Killer and brought swift death upon it.
She moved a bit further and found something... nowhere near as "pleasant". An enormous Rock Golem stood in her path. The granite-made monstrosity grinned before it tried to knock Ahsoka out with a swift and deadly punch. Due to her small stature, it was easy to simply duck to avoid the blow. "The more time I waste fighting this thing, the less time I can find those girls safe & sound. Maybe if I whip it in the face." She leapt and aimed the whip at the Golem's face. It obviously didn't like that as it growled in pain. "Oh, you're tougher than the rest, huh ? I'll put you out of your misery soon enough." Several more blows were required to finally defeat the monster, which roared as it exploded in a sea of flames.
She stopped a moment to catch her breath. "Huff, huff. Gotta keep on going..." She ran further onto the street and found another Rock Golem impeding her progress. She managed to defeat it a little faster than the first one since she knew what to expect now.
She soon found herself in front of a large gate with an enormous castle lying behind the entrance. She quickly gazed at the sky and saw something flying in the distance. "Probably another of those flying things that tried to make a meal out of my lekku." For once, she was wrong. She heard a piercing screech as a large flying monster, a Wyvern, to be exact, dive-bombed in an attempt to scare her away. "Why do I get the sudden feeling that I've bit off more than I can chew ?" She took a fighting stance as the Wyvern closed in on her, swooping down to grab her with its sharp talons. She quickly rolled out of the way. The Wyvern turned around a spew a stream of flames onto the ground. "Ok, so I probably can't jump high enough to hit it in the face like those stone monsters I fought earlier. Hmm. Oh ! The axe !" She took out the battle axe out of her backpack and threw it in an upward arc, creating a large gash onto the creature's left wing. "Gotcha !"
But the Wyvern wasn't stopping, if anything, it became increasingly aggressive as it took more blows from the axe. Ahsoka had a clear shot at its head and threw the axe. As the axe sliced a portion on the neck, the Wyvern screeched in pain as it began to descend onto the ground, burning wildly and finally fading into mere ashes.
"So that's that. Time to backtrack and see what's behind that wall." She made her way back to the wall and whipped continuously until it gave way to a new path. As she entered, she encountered an odd floating creature made up of slime. The creature, an Ectoplasm, circled around her. "Stay away from me !" The Ectoplasm kept approaching her. "Hey, I said back off !" She whipped it a few times and it disintegrated in flames. She came upon a dead end with a bottomless pit. Or was it ?
She took a chance and leapt down into the unknown. Thanks to her Jedi training, she used the Force to slowly drop onto the floor, instead of crashing face first. "Hmm, my montrals are telling me there's something behind this left wall." She whipped until the stone broke off and she entered a small area. A curious plant was there. A Stone Rose. It spat a small skull which rolled onto the floor. "I better not touch that. Could be dangerous. The axe won't reach that far... but the dagger will !" She stashed the axe and took out a pair of daggers. She aimed for the head of the plant, a couple of well thrown daggers was enough to defeat it, as it burned down to its roots. "Is that it ? Well... I better head right."
She went through a door and found herself deep inside a large well. A series of pulleys were bringing water to the top. She clung to a chain that brought her to the top of the well. She went through another door and found herself onto a stone bridge overlooking a large lake. "There's something in the water !" She looked below and a large creature leapt from the water and tried to drag her down to a watery death. This monster was only known as the Serpent.
It began its attack by leaping over the bridge a few times, giving Ahsoka a hard time to hit its head, most likely its weak spot. It then appeared over her, staring at her briefly. It then spewed boiling water, which thankfully quickly drained through the cracks of the bridge. It disappeared from sight for a moment. "Where is it ?!" Ahsoka looked around in panic. It sneaked from behind her, snaking around the bridge and scraping her right leg with one of its sharp scales as it passed. "Ow ! Oh, no, no, no, no ! I'm bleeding more than I expected. I gotta finish this thing off FAST !" After a series of blows to its head, it seemed to have retreated. But her montrals warned her of an impending last ditch attack, from below ! She quickly dashed out of the way and looked as the Serpent's rotting body plummeted back into the watery depths below.
She wiped the sweat off her forehead. "Phew. Glad that's over... but how am I going to stop this bleeding ? I have nothing to cover the wound with." In front of her, a red orb materialised and dropped onto the bridge. She looked at it curiously. It resonated with a patterned beat, much like the beating of her heart. "Hmm... Should I touch this thing ?" She hesitated for a moment and decided to pick it up. The strangest thing occurred, it was like she absorbed it and immediately afterwards, her wounds were fully healed and she felt her vigor back at its peak.
"There is something about these orbs. Amazing, my cut is fully healed. Ok, so I'll head back to where I fought that flying monster and go from there."
Ok, so we've got the 1st area covered with both paths and both bosses defeated. Onto the next chapter, Ahsoka will explore the Entrance of Castlevania. From here on out, things get harder for her. Will she be able to rescue Richter's friends in time ? You'll find out soon ! Feel free to leave a review. To anyone familiar with the game, does this narrated format seem to work, or is it awkward ? Let me know in your review.
